> > Bob Calco wrote: > >> Guys!... > >> There is no such thing as free trade. If you have a market and a > mean > >> of > >> change (i.e. dollars) then you have "rules", those rules are > enforced > >> by > >> the state. It follows then that the "market" must function within a > >> frame provided by the state, ergo there is no "free" market, the > market > >> must work within the laws (if you don't want laws then there is no > >> "property" and anyone may take your house by force). > > > > Retardo: > > > > Oh my! Bobby! Where does all this anger come from? Maybe you are one of > the unhappy many? No wonder the Danes do better.
I was wrong and petty to call you Retardo. You are not so much retarded as you are just plain full of crap. > > > > The difference between a "free" one and a non-free one is the legal > scheme > > of ownership based on institutionally enforced contract law between > > individuals, vs the one based on command and control enforced by > nothing > > more than the monopoly of force of government held by the ruly elite. > > You mean that in Denmark there is a "ruly elite" that enforces things > like public health care? Man! They should revolt and send that elite > here! My typo aside, your analogy is flawed on several levels and I don't I buy the assertion that they are "happier" in the first place---happiness being, as it were, a subjective thing. This was not a "news" article but an editorial masquerading as a poll. These come out all the time, especially during a US election year, and are intended to affect public mood, not explain or even gauge it. That said, I do think we Americans have a tendency to become unhappy too quickly, mainly because we have taken prosperity for granted, and have drank the free trade, global economy kool aid over the last 50 years, so now we're finally leveraged out our arses and can't produce anything consistently but politicians. Things others would consider blessings (factories, jobs, freedom of mobility, economic choice) we consider curses, and this eagerness to become discontent is the hook that makes tyranny look gosh-darn attractive, especially when the media is telling us how all the dinky little socialist countries with their "free" health care are so much "happier" than we are. BS. > > > > >> They are > >> happier, healthier and far more educated, so their system is > obviously > >> better. > > > > Someone should tell John McCain's "friends" to the south; perhaps > they'll > > illegally migrate there by the boat load instead. > > > > Probably because the Danes don't take advantage of their neighbors so > they may develop their own wealth. OTOH your country is known for > taking > advantage and exploiting others. Who whom? Please, you make a far better joker than a moralist, let a alone comparative political scientist. - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
